Gowri Agarwal
Maniben Nanavati Women’s College, India
Title: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and anxiety disorders: An empirical review
Biography
Biography: Gowri Agarwal
Abstract
Anxiety disorders are marked “either by manifest anxiety or by self-defeating behavior patterns aimed at warding off anxiety” (Alloy, Riskind & Manos, 2005; p. 151). Prior research has estimated that the prevalence rate of anxiety disorders is fairly high, with 12-month prevalence being 18.1% (Kessler, Chiu, Demler & Walters, 2005) and lifetime prevalence being 28.8% coupled with an early age of onset, i.e., 11 years (Kessler, Berglund, Demler, Jin, Merikangas & Walters, 2005). The current research paper attempts to peruse the empirical research that has been conducted till date examining the role of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), a psychological intervention employed in the treatment anxiety-spectrum disorders. The conclusions emerging from the analysis of empirical literature have been discussed in this paper.